I’ve spent the first day of my holiday productively! I used this guide along with some improvisation and a lot of cursing at non-functional accelerometers.
I now have 1000 board game fortunes at my fingertips.
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“Betrayal by your ally is in your future, the turn before you planned to betray them.”
“The dice will fall where they may, yet never in your favor.”
“You shall draw the card you desperately needed, the turn after it is no longer usable.”
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A 5 on the die is worth two 6s in the hand.
Only a fool trades fairly, but only an idiot cheats their trading partners.
The best longest road was started on the first turn. The second best longest road is started right now.
Build small fleets, stay close. Build big fleets, stay far away.
It is neither wisdom nor folly to prey on the strong. That is decided by who you have beside you when you make your move.
If you find yourself losing, roll better.
Build your windows one coloured die at a time.
Victory happens while you are planning what to do.
Everyone has a plan to win until they take a Warsun to the face.
EDIT: Trouble sleeping, so I’ll add a few more. Why not.
If you avoid the hazard, it’s open road. If you hit the hazard, it’s a mine.
Proper ranging, elevated defensible positions, reliable weapons. Pick one.
To roll poorly once is misfortune. To roll poorly twice speaks of carelessness.(Credit to Tycho of Penny Arcade for that one)
The winds are favourable. Sadly you’ve decided to become a pirate.
Birds of a feather flock at the bottom of the deck.
There is always one person making a mistake at any given moment: if you can’t figure out who it is, it’s you.
Loyalty is like wine: if somebody is drawing too much attention to how valuable it is, it’s worthless.
Drive like your grandmother is in the back seat. And as if you hated your grandmother.
It’s your turn.
It doesn’t matter if you’re in first place for 95% of the race. Only if you are in first place when you cross the line.
There is no prize for driving the cleanest car across the finish.
Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by spite.
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